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Word: ogallala (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pavements were rippling like thin ice on a pond. Steel and stone buildings trembled in a portentous wind. The sky sizzled as though tons of bacon were frying in an apocalyptic pan. "Obviously, men," gasped the Professor, "the Katz-Alpha-Ogallala nebula is approaching the earth at terrific speed, just as I predicted. We have not a moment to lose." The atom-powered space ship was ready and waiting in Joe's Parkview Garage, and off they zoomed to safety on the planet Mars, where there are marvels enough to fill a year's issues of Flabbergasting Stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Science & Moonshine | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

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